A little humor to offset all the BS going on… 🙂
1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a 10 pound possum.
2. Which of the following cars will rust out the quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard? 66 Ford Fairlane, 69 Chevrolet Chevelle, 65 Pontiac GTO.
3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at a capacity of 20 gallons of shine per hour, how many car radiators are necessary to condense the product?
4. A pulpwood cutter has a chain saw that operates at 2700 rpm. The density of the pine trees in a plot to be harvested is 470 per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average tree diameter
is 14 inches. How many Budweiser Tallboys will it take to cut the trees?
5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented a charge of R-12 simultaneously, what would be the decrease in the ozone layer?
6. A front porch is constructed of 2×8 pine on 24-inch centers with a field rock foundation. The span is 8 feet and the porch length is 16 feet. The porch floor is 1 inch rough sawn pine. When the porch collapses, how many hound dogs will be killed?
7. A man owns a Tennessee house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an average slope of 15%. The man has 5 children. Can each of the children place a mobile home on the man’s land?
8. A 2-ton pulpwood truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards down a steep grade on a secondary road at 45 mph. The brakes fail. Given the average traffic loading of secondary roads, what are the chances that it will strike a vehicle that has a muffler?
9. A coal mine operates a NFPA Class 1, Division 2 Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120Â miners per shift. A gas warning is issued at the beginning of the 3rd shift. How many cartons of
unfiltered Camels will be smoked during the shift?
10. At a reduction in gene pool variability rate of 7.5% per generation, how long will it take a town that has been bypassed by the interstate to breed a country-western singer?
Thanks I really needed that!
LMAO.
Suz- You’re welcome…
WSF- I’m SURE you know the answers…LOL
LOL! Thanks for that! On #3 are we talking about non lead patched radiators? *ducks* I know nothing!
Being a proud redneck hillbilly I can truthfully answer all the questions with one word. Iontno! However, I am not a hilbilly anymore. With all my degrees and experience in teh business world I am not proud to say I am a hillwilliam.
This is definitely getting sent to my ops engineer. Awesome.
The engineers here in KY want to how how much time do they get to take the test?
Gerry
Keads- 🙂
CP- THAT is a good one!!!
MSgt- Heh, hope he enjoys it!
Gerry- How ever long it takes to call their pappy about the porch! 🙂
Thanks for the laugh
An Engineer from KY I worked with once had actual, serious answers to these questions. I can’t remember them all but the best ones were:
2) Nobody in the south drives a Pontiac.
3) 6 Copper or 8 Aluminum.
7) Yes, but none of them face the same direction.